1. /*

  2.  * @(#)X509EncodedKeySpec.java	1.17 03/01/23

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.security.spec;

  9. 

  10. /**

  11.  * This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a public key,

  12.  * encoded according to the ASN.1 type <code>SubjectPublicKeyInfo</code>.

  13.  * The <code>SubjectPublicKeyInfo</code> syntax is defined in the X.509 

  14.  * standard as follows:

  15.  *

  16.  * <pre>

  17.  * SubjectPublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {

  18.  *   algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,

  19.  *   subjectPublicKey BIT STRING }

  20.  * </pre>

  21.  *

  22.  * @author Jan Luehe

  23.  *

  24.  * @version 1.17, 01/23/03

  25.  *

  26.  * @see java.security.Key

  27.  * @see java.security.KeyFactory

  28.  * @see KeySpec

  29.  * @see EncodedKeySpec

  30.  * @see PKCS8EncodedKeySpec

  31.  *

  32.  * @since 1.2

  33.  */

  34. 

  35. public class X509EncodedKeySpec extends EncodedKeySpec {

  36. 

  37.     /**

  38.      * Creates a new X509EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.

  39.      *

  40.      * @param encodedKey the key, which is assumed to be

  41.      * encoded according to the X.509 standard.

  42.      */

  43.     public X509EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey) {

  44. 	super(encodedKey);

  45.     }

  46. 

  47.     /**

  48.      * Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the X.509 standard.

  49.      *

  50.      * @return the X.509 encoding of the key.

  51.      */

  52.     public byte[] getEncoded() {

  53. 	return super.getEncoded();

  54.     }

  55. 

  56.     /**

  57.      * Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this

  58.      * key specification.

  59.      *

  60.      * @return the string <code>"X.509"</code>.

  61.      */

  62.     public final String getFormat() {

  63. 	return "X.509";

  64.     }

  65. }